Logansport Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 129 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/03/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 113d restricted Employee was hooking up the fuel cart between the shop and the silos and as he was cranking up the dolly, the tailgate on the truck fell and struck employee's back and right elbow. Employee reported...
10/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee complained at shift change that his left eye felt like there was something in it. At 01:30 he reported to the shift foreman that his eye was really starting to irritate him. Used eye wash,...
08/27/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was entering oil shop through the north door of the maintenance shop. Door was partially raised because the Oiler was pumping used oil from mobile equipment oil drain pan to used oil storage...
07/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was coming down the P&H crane stairway and when he was almost to the bottom of the stairs, he heard a bang from the cement elevator on #2FM, he looked over that way and misjudged the last stair and...
06/26/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted He stood to the side of the tank and regulator reached his right arm and hand across the front of the regulator and slowly cracked opened the oxygen tank valve. A loud sound like a shotgun blast occu...
11/04/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While welding, a hot piece of slag burnt through EE's glove and burnt his hand. He took his glove off and the skin where he was burnt came off. The burn is on his right hand on his pinky knuckle and h...
10/29/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was pulling old motor leads from #1 ID fan drive - cutting the wires off with a Sawzall. I was holding the large wires (3/4"" copper stranded) in my left hand and running the saw with my rig...
10/02/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Clinker Elevator for #2 Kiln would not run. Found out the Chute going to cross apron was plugged up with dust and large chunks of clinker. Two co-workers and I were trying to get the chute unplugged u...
09/30/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None There was some smoke leaving the #2 coal tank that couldn't be seen from the ground. We notified MSHA at their 800 number to report a possible fire in our #2 coal tank. We then ran a fire hose up to...
09/19/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee had his tape measure hooked onto a piece of metal and was pulling it out to measure the length. As he was pulling the tape back it sliced into his left index finger. Tape was old and well us...
06/18/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking on the catwalk used to sample trailers. After checking the load his foot slipped causing him to fall and hit his knee. His knee had a small scratch and 20 minutes later he had fluid on...
05/15/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using new utility knife blade to cut through dust collector bags and sliced through the bag easily and on the hand motion towards his body he cut into his left knee making a 1/2 inch cut...
05/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted EE was in the bottom of #1 clinker cooler checking for loose rack and T bolts. There was still some clinker in the compartment and it sloped down toward the middle. He felt himself slide down the clin...
04/24/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 9d lost, 88d restricted EE has reported to his supervisor that he has pain, tingling, and numbness in both hands, claiming that it has been going on now for a couple of months or more, perhaps starting as early as January....
04/18/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted He was cutting balls out of the discharge screens in #1 Raw Mill with the plasma cutter. A hot piece of slag rolled down into his glove. causing a burn to rt palm below the thumb. On 4/22 was sent to...
04/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was tightening bolts, locking together two open-ended wrenches to increase torque. Employee was alternating between using the wrenches and using a laser aligning tool, and was not wearing gl...
02/20/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted Employee's glasses were steamed up and dirty and she thought she had reached the bottom of the ladder, when she slipped. Employee missed the two bottom rungs on the ladder coming down from the hydroph...
11/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While exiting the elevator at the silos following a silo change this morning employee grabbed the bottom of the interior door to assist in opening the door. While pushing up on the bottom of door his...
11/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Working in the cooler handling grates, passing grates into the cooler. Strained lower back.
10/17/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was using a pocket knife to push in a jog button for the belt #1 at the crusher to help in determining the problem with the scale readout. As he was pushing on the knife the blade came closed...
08/14/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted The shaft on the feeder had broken and part of it was still in the gear reducer. Employee and co-worker were attempting to drive the shaft out with a hammer and drift. When the co-worker struck the dr...
08/06/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 14d restricted Employee fell while descending a stationary ladder. It is estimated that he fell between 6-10 feet. It appears that he hit his back on a guard for the nearby conveyor belt. Employee stated that he...
06/11/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Contractor was welding on the #1 Kiln Shell. Employee was performing his normal duties, causing him to walk on the catwalk beside the kiln. A small piece of hot slag, approximately the size of a pel...
05/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted The door on the Mill Building Crane will occasionally become unlatched due to wear and vibration. While EE was attempting to use his right hand to shut the door, he failed to notice that his left hand...
02/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was lifting a heavy chain.
02/21/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was lifting a heavy chain, which at the time we thought resulted in a pulled muscle or possibe hernia, only to discover over a period of time that it was actually a herniated disc, requiring surger...
02/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Standing on ground the employee began to climb up to work area and placed his foot on a brace that had some ice and snow which resulted in his slipping and falling.
02/09/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a cutting torch overhead, holding the torch with right hand. A slag of liquid metal fell and burned through his coat sleeve, and onto the top of his left lower forearm/wrist area....
01/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was helping remove rocks from the primary crusher after it had plugged up with stone and dirt. As Ken and another employee were trying to pick the rock up off the ground to load it into a whe...
10/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was changing a roll of plastic on stretch wrap machine. After completing that task he reached for the walkway door to close it with his left hand. His hand was not clear of the door when clos...
08/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While tightening bolts on the autoclave the torque wrench slipped and her thumb slammed against the pressure relief valve.
07/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted An employee was using Bobcat to haul the plasma cutter to #1 finish mill. EE was having trouble getting it pulled out of the bucket. Another EE rolled the bucket down to make it easier to pull out, no...
03/26/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were replacing a piece of piping on Tank # 2. One of the employees was tightening a hose clamp with a flat blade screwdriver. The screwdriver slipped off the clamp and punctured the palm...
12/27/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was tightening bolts on coal mill roll and wrench slipped off of bolt, causing finger to get hit between spring and wrench.
12/06/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was spraying contact cleaner on a pulley for the roll up gate on the man lift elevator to clean it. The pulley was gummied up with sticky residue. While spraying, the contact cleaner reflect...
11/24/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was using jack hammer in cooler to bust up clinker. Clinker got wedged in the clinker breaker hammer. Dust was stirred up from air going thru exhauster jack hammer. Relief fan was running pul...
09/07/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The crank arm on # 1 clinker cooler had fallen off. Shift repairmen locked out cooler drive, removed guard & attempted to put cooler arm back on. Arm got into a bind and would not go on all the way....
06/29/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employees were taking barrels of clean-up material up and down on air chain from basement of the clinker cooler. The hole where the barrels were going through one of the hooked sides came loose causin...
06/27/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Another employee was lowering the door counter weight into the weight guide and injured was guiding the cable over the guide pulley. The employee lowering the weight dropped it forcing injured's finge...
06/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was pulling a 4"" corrugated plastic pipe with a blunt end steel pipe attached to the end across a catwalk with floor grating. The pipe was caught on the floor grating, and when he pulled it...
06/16/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE and 2 coworkers were trying to move a portable welder by hand to hook it up to forks on fork truck. Coworkers were pushing the welder forward and EE was lifting the welder tongue. The welder tongue...
06/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Hauling dust and tanks went empty and slurry splashed over glasses and got into eye when looking to see how full the truck was.
06/03/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted EE was cutting on crosshead beams. Slag ran down welding jacket and burned his arm in 4 spots.
06/01/2005 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was cleaning up in mill building stairway and shoveling material into new wheel barrow. He went to pick up on the handles of the wheel barrow and felt sharp pain in the lower back.
05/06/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Adjusting the holding brakes out because they got hot and EE was standing in an awkward position and slipped when he went to catch himself he felt a pop in his back.
04/30/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted While lifting bag of old premixed cement for disposal she turned to take a step felt a hot jab in lower back with pain radiating down left leg.
02/17/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was stepping across the west rail dike wall when he tripped and fell to the ground.
12/11/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted EE and co-worker were stretching extension cords so they could plug in block heaters for yard truck and track mobile at Waste Fuels inside of unloading docks. EE stepped inside of rectangular box made...
10/28/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was walking across the parking lot and slipped on some gravel rock and fell on his hands.
09/02/2004 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was trying to purge the diesel lance on #2 kiln with nitrogen. As the diesel fuel was sprayed into the kiln it vaporized and ignited causing a flash which blew open the hood doors burning the...